Audi is Using Soliant Fluorex® Paint Film on Roofing Strips
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LANCASTER, S.C., April 2 -- Audi is now using Soliant Fluorex® Paint Film on the roofing strips on select models of the Audi A8 current model. The roofing strips are being color matched to paint using body- colored plastic and Fluorex® Paint Film. "Using Fluorex® paint film enables us to provide the full colour palette to Audi," said Volker Heinel, Head of Marketing for Kunststoff-Technik Scherer & Trier, based in Michelau, Germany. "Among others we are using this technology to produce complicated extruded profiles with a body-colour finish in a cost effective way," continues Heinel. Scherer & Trier is an international automotive supplier with locations in Germany, USA, Mexico and Sweden.
Soliant Fluorex® paint film is gaining popularity amongst automakers looking to improve vehicle exterior quality with more durable finishes. Gravelometer laboratory tests and field tests show that paint film is much more chip resistant and weather resistant than paint. This gives automakers more value and less warranty issues.
In addition to offering greater durability, Soliant Fluorex® paint film is also driving major manufacturing cost saves. An immediate cost save results as automakers save a step in the manufacturing process as paint film parts are finished right out of the mold. Soliant Fluorex® paint film is compatible with Extrusion, Thermoforming, Injection Molding and Compression Molding enabling multiple parts to be processed with one film. The versatility of Soliant Fluorex® paint film also gives automakers the ability to achieve multiple looks and decorating options with the same tool and process. The biggest cost save results in new plants as there is no need to install or maintain a painting facility which can be millions of dollars. Further cost saves result as there are also no environmental compliance issues.
Soliant won the Environmental Award in the "Emerging Technologies" category at SPE-GPEC 2006 (-- Global Plastics Environmental Conference), for their paint film process.
Soliant LLC is headquartered in Lancaster, South Carolina with sales offices in Detroit and The Netherlands. The company has an R&D facility in Lancaster that is developing products to meet growing market demands and to support customers.
Source: Soliant LLC
CONTACT: Pieter Van der Ster, Business Manager, of Soliant BV, Phone:
+31 575 56 56 44, Fax: +31 575 56 57 33, pvanderster@paintfilm.com, John H. Cupstid, of Soliant, LLC, +1-803-313-8222, jcupstid@paintfilm.com; Media:
Teri Chouinard CBC, APR, Intuit Group, LLC, +1-810-797-7242, for Soliant, LLC
